Rama, Sita, Hanuman and Lakshmana

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Kolkata (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour and tin alloy on paper, depicting Rama, Sita, Hanuman and Lakshmana. Rama is portrayed as seated in the centre under a royal umbrella; Sita sits on one side, and Lakshman on the other, while Hanuman lies prostrate under Sita's right foot in the foreground.

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Categories	Paintings Hinduism Religion Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type	Painting
Title	Rama, Sita, Hanuman and Lakshmana (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour and tin alloy on paper Opaque Watercolour Paper Paint Tin Alloy Painted
Brief description	Painting, Rama, Sita, Hanuman and Lakshmana, opaque watercolour and tin alloy on paper, Kalighat, Kolkata, India, ca. 1885
Physical description	Painting, in opaque watercolour and tin alloy on paper, depicting Rama, Sita, Hanuman and Lakshmana. Rama is portrayed as seated in the centre under a royal umbrella; Sita sits on one side, and Lakshman on the other, while Hanuman lies prostrate under Sita's right foot in the foreground.
Dimensions	Height: 456mm (maximum) Width: 283mm (maximum) Card onto which object mounted height: 475mm Card onto which object mounted width: 303mm 07/08/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013.
Content description	Rama, Sita, Hanuman and Lakshmana.
Style	Kalighat Painting
Credit line	Given by Mrs. E.M. Milford pp. Church Missionary Society
Object history	Acquired from the Church Missionary Society, London, through Mrs E Mary Milford in 1949
Subjects depicted	Deities Umbrella Rama Sita Hanuman Lakshmana
Bibliographic reference	Archer, W G: 'Kalighat Paintings', V&A, 1971, p68, 24i
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.2-1949

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O432476/rama-sita-hanuman-and-lakshmana-painting-unknown/

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